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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

My Health & Fitness Plan for April

So, I've kind of hit a plateau with my weight loss for the past several months, and I want to step things up a notch. I'm maintaining a healthy weight, but I still have those last 6ish pounds that I'd like to lose, and I realize that if I want that to happen, I'm going to have to actually work for it. Oh yeah, and eat healthier (and less :)).

I thought about several options for this month. I was considering doing another 8 week challenge like I've done twice in the past 6 months, but I thought something different might be more interesting for me. Then I seriously considered doing a "Whole 30" Paleo eating plan to reset my system, and I even pinned a ton of Paleo recipes on Pinterest. (For those who are curious about what a Paleo diet is, basically it means eating lots of meat, veggies, and fruit, and eliminating all grains, dairy, sugar, legumes . . . it's pretty restrictive. Oh, and for the record, I don't buy into all that "this is what our caveman ancestors ate," since I don't believe in evolution :)). I'm still thinking about doing a challenge like that at some point in the future, but I decided it wasn't the best idea right now. #1, we have 3 birthdays in April. I do try to go easy on the sugar anyway, but I didn't want to totally cut it out this month--I like birthday cake and ice cream too much. :) #2, April is a kind of pricey month for us--besides birthdays, we have 2 cars to register and inspect, I had a license to renew, and we have car insurance also coming due this month. So I didn't really want to blow the grocery budget with a lot of new foods or tons of extra veggies and fruit--even though I know those things are very healthy, it just didn't seem like a good month to jump into this. :)

Anyway, so I finally decided to create my own plan and it's pretty simple.

So far this plan is working well for me and I'm enjoying it. I've been wanting to try using My Fitness Pal for quite a while, because friends kept raving about it, but it was too frustrating before we got cable internet. Now, it's easy peasy. :) I am also loving the C25K app and challenging myself with this program! Right now I'm repeating week 3 for the second time. I am a bit nervous to move up to week 4, but I'm hoping to do that next week. Slow and steady, right? I'm hoping to check in about my progress once a week through this month. Hopefully I'll see a couple more of those stubborn pounds disappear. :)

I'd love to hear if any of the rest of you have specific health and fitness goals for this month! Anyone who'd like to join in with my plan or their own, is welcome . . . there's strength in numbers! :)

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Mommy to our four kiddos: Sam, Julia, Josiah and Ari. Married to the love of my life for eighteen happy years. Loves music, writing, reading, cooking, and sewing. Does not love doing dishes and cleaning showers. :) Blessed to be living my dream.